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HP CEO Mark Hurd Settled With Alleged Sexual Harassment Victim, Fudged Expenses, Got $28M Severance [Updated]

Details emerge about Hurd's alleged payments of up to $20,000 to a woman whose job was to attend parties, make introductions, dine alone with the now former CEO. READ»

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Is Your Boss on the New Sexual Harassment Registry?

Boasting one of the better rhyming straplines I've heard in a while, eBossWatch is a registry for bosses prone to sexual harassment. "Nobody should have to work with a jerk," claims the National Sexual Harassment Agency, and if ...READ»

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Labor Activist Charles Kernaghan: Microsoft Must Have Known of Supplier's Worker Abuses

This week, the National Labor Committee's report into the scandalous conditions at the KYE plant in Dongguan City, China, revealed that 16- and 17-year-old workers, often students on their three-month summer break, endure 82-hour work ...READ»

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Sex in the Workplace

How to avoid becoming the next David Letterman.READ»

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Same Sex Harassment

While sexual harassment is usually thought of as being between a man and a woman, there are cases of same sex harassment that are also subject to the law.READ»

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California Has Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training

Every state has sexual harassment laws on the books, but very few states, California being one of them, mandate sexual harassment training for supervisors.READ»

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American Apparel Aims to Bring Down "Celebrity Ambulance Chasing" Lawyer

The Keith Fink/Dov Charney (lawyer who confirms all bad lawyer stereotypes vs. American Apparel CEO) standoff just got uglier. Keith Fink has a reputation for targeting celebrities to make a quick buck -- big names he has targeted include Marilyn Manson, Brad Pitt, and Ellen DeGeneres -- and even for concocting evidence.READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Reverse sexual harassment: Heard the one about the bus driver who asked his female passenger to move or get off his bus? She had on a very low cut blouse and was sitting right in the sight-line of his rear-view mirror. He ...READ»

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The Courageous Few

Courage is leadership's essential ingredient, and we clearly suffer from a leadership deficit these days. So we celebrate this year's courageous few: the 10 rare leaders who did the right thing.READ»

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How to Lose Your Heart - and Keep your Job.

A workaholic's guide to love, sex, and the pitfalls of office romance.READ»

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Manual Labor

FC Now has been quieter than usual lately because I've been in a slew of meetings and mandatory seminars. Last week, we had a seminar on sexual harassment, and yesterday, we had a session on journalistic ethics. So I've been away ...READ»

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Sex & Power

This morning's USA Today reports that California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger has named his transition team. The group includes not only Republicans, but a handful of prominent Democrats as well: San Francisco Mayor Willie ...READ»